| Title |
The place of eco-innovation in the current sustainability debate |
| ID_Doc |
28806 |
| Authors |
Gente, V; Pattanaro, G |
| Title |
The place of eco-innovation in the current sustainability debate |
| Year |
2019 |
| Published |
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| DOI |
10.1016/j.wasman.2019.03.026 |
| Abstract |
In the last 15 years, eco-innovation has been able to raise the interest of the scientific community and policy makers. Parallel to the on-going debate on eco-innovation, the notion of 'circular economy' recently shaded - if not replaced - other concepts or approaches, related to environmental protection and resource efficiency, eco-innovation included. This paper tackles the notion and rationale of 'eco-innovation' in today's debate among researchers and practitioners. It constitutes an attempt to clarify, and define the current and potential future role of eco-innovation also as a counterpart of circular economy. After analysing the most relevant scientific and policy literature on the subject, eco-innovation emerges as a still relevant and promising research field, with a larger scope than the circular economy one. It is therefore recommended that discussion and investigation on eco-innovation is pursued beyond the boundaries of waste management and resource flows, as outlined by circular economy, so as to achieve sustainable development at global scale. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
| Author Keywords |
Eco-innovation; Circular economy; Resource efficiency; Innovation policy; Research policy; Systemic eco-innovation |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) |
| EID |
WOS:000471359300010 |
| WoS Category |
Engineering, Environmental; Environmental Sciences |
| Research Area |
Engineering; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
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